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'It's our right to live freely as Jews': Belgian Jewish leader on circumcision bans - interview

The conversation came amid rumours that Belgium may look to ban circumcision, which reignited after a public argument between the US ambassador to Belgium, Bill White, and Deputy PM Maxime Prévot.

FEBRUARY 17, 2026|ByMATHILDA HELLER

A Belgian national flag flies over the Royal Palace

A Spanish flag flutters in the air as the capital of Spain is seen from the observatory deck of Madrid's city hall August 7, 2013.

I traveled from Israel to Spain to convert new Jews. A single ‘Sababa’ made me feel safer - opinion

No matter how unjustly countries treat Israel and their local Jewish populations, we traveling mohalim must make the journey to ensure our most sacred tradition continues, even on the hardest days.

FEBRUARY 3, 2026|ByRABBI HAYIM LEITER/JTA

THE WRITER, second from left, performs a circumcision in the presence of four generations, great-grandfather to newborn. Just as much as the Jewish people have continuously kept the commandment of circumcision, the practice has preserved our identity, he asserts.

Haaretz’s claims on brit milah: Separating fact from misconception - opinion

That this family continues to have a strong connection to our nation, history, and customs speaks to how brit milah – unchanged itself across millennia – continues to preserve the Jewish people.

NOVEMBER 11, 2025|ByHAYIM LEITER

Author Gary Shteyngart holds a cucumber in the short documentary "The Man Who Got Cut Wrong."

Gary Shteyngart reflects on his botched bris in a new short film

Told with humor, sensitivity, and pain, the 20-minute film — shot almost entirely in black and white — is directed by Dana Ben-Ari.

OCTOBER 1, 2025|ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA

United Nations presents follow-up to unprecedented report on combatting antisemitism

The new report, which outlines in detail how nations can combat antisemitism, is a follow-up to a historic report from 2019.

JULY 8, 2022ByHALEY COHEN

A UN security officer stands guard during the special session on the situation in Ukraine of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 4, 2022.

Holocaust survivor holds great-grandson at brit milah during Remembrance siren

Holocaust survivor Rabbi Natan Weinberg, 90, held his great-grandson during his brit milah right as the Holocaust Remembrance Day siren sounded throughout Israel.

APRIL 29, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israelis stand still as the siren to commemorate Holocaust victims sounds throughout Israel on Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 28, 2022.

First brit milah celebrated at Polish Chabad center for Ukrainian refugees

Chabad of Poland has been doing everything to help the massive wave of Ukrainian refugees, from providing kosher meals to even conducting brit milot. But now it needs your support.

APRIL 20, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

The father of the baby, Joseph Sofron, says the prayer of the father during his son's brit milah at Chabad in Poland, and to his right, sitting with the baby on his lap, is Rabbi Stambler, the head of Poland's Chabad

Finding religious tolerance during a Croatia circumcision - opinion

I realized that he was not the only one willing to put aside his own needs for those in his community.

OCTOBER 26, 2021ByHAYIM LEITER

From Maine to Yeroham: One man’s journey to his grandson’s brit

For my father, 87, the brit was the moment he had been looking forward to after a cold Maine winter on the St. Croix River, filled with snow flurries and coronavirus worries.

JULY 15, 2021ByANAV SILVERMAN PERETZ